Jemma. Toronto



Here is a photo shoot I had earlier this year with some great people in Toronto.

While in Toronto I visited good folks at B3K Digital and rented Phase One IQ160 to play with for this shoot.  

Technical details:
Phase DF body + IQ160
Schneider 80mm LS

Hope you enjoy!

CREDITS:
Photographer - Sasha Onyshchenko / www.kravetzphotographics.com
Model - Jemma Babayeva
Sylist - Nav Bajwa
Hair/MUA - Emily Sara Pike

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"Soldier". Fashion Editorial for The Storm Magazine




At the beginning of the year I traveled to Toronto with Denis Duquette. My initial goal for the trip was to network and make some connections (primarily in the architecture field).
I also planned to do two creatives while I'm there.  I'm super pumped that one of them featuring androgynous model Seth Atwell was just published in The Storm Magazine (www.thestormmagazine.com).

You can view the issue HERE. 
Creative Team Credits:

Story Title:  Soldier
Photographer - Sasha Onyshchenko / Kravetz Photographics / www.kravetzphotographics.com 
Fashion Stylist - Jay Mitchel.
Vintage clothing provided by Toronto store - “Kings of Kensington”
Make-up Artist/Hair Stylist - Hasina B
Model's Agency - Seth Atwell / Peggi Lepage (www.peggilepage.com) and Plutino Group    (www.plutinogroup.com)
Photographer’s Assistant:  Elijah Yutuc

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Bridal and Decor Editorial in Solomon Gardens



This creative happened a little over a year ago. The weather was as cold as we are having today plus wind!

The story behind this photo shoot is very simple: few wedding vendors of Greater Moncton Area (including myself) got together and decided to dedicate their time and talent to creating something special and different from the ordinary. And so we did.

We thank Wedding Bells for featuring us:
http://www.weddingbells.ca/real-weddings/a-marie-antoinette-inspired-wedding-shoot-in-moncton/


I hope you enjoy the images!

I also invite you to check out the behind the scenes video and meet our creative team for this shoot.



CREATIVE TEAM:
Photography: Sasha Onyshchenko - www.kravetzphotographics.com
 Models: Robyn Esson, Jessica Auffrey
Decor: Unico Decor Inc - www.unicodecor.com
Venue: Solomon Gardens - www.solomongardens.ca
Wedding Dresses: Sophia Tolli and Jacquelin Bridal provided by Bridal Vision - www.bridalvision.ca
Make-up: Debby Clements - www.debbyclements.ca
Hair: Mélanie Rojas
Assistants:
Denis Duquette - www.denisduquette.ca
Molly Ilse Hope - www.goldenmoonflowers.blogspot.ca
Kirsten Gargan - www.kirstengarganphotography.com




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Sketching inspiration.

You know how every time you have an idea about something or you see something that you want to try in the future, you grab a pen and write it down so you don't forget it later? Well, I keep a drawing album where I put my ideas for the same reason.  I have to admit though that I used to sketch a lot more often than I do now.  

So one day I showed this album to Denis. As we were flipping through it, I realized how precise the final images turned out compared to the original concepts I drew in the beginning. 

All the following images (except for "Slash") were created during the Marathon shoot. It was my first time working in a professional studio, so figuring out lighting was as important as coming up with concepts. Even though there are plenty of places online where one can create lighting diagrams,  I prefer using a pencil. Drawing forces me to think, re-think and then think again a few more times.  It also trains pre-visualization. It helps me see how the final image should look before I even get the camera out of the bag. 

My inspiration, concepts and lighting ideas came from all kind of different places: music videos, commercials, other photographers work, movies, painting and plenty more. 

Looking at these images kind of inspires me to begin working on new concepts and to start putting them on paper. 

I truly hope that it inspires someone else as well! 

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Behind the Portraits.

There is a lot of retouching involved in creating every single portrait. This process takes very big part in my portrait photography. By "a lot of retouching"I mean many tiny adjustments almost on pixel level with one goal - to smooth out and diminish skin's imperfections and flows, while preserving its original texture. I want to make it look healthy with a touch of glow.

Retouching has always been important to me, and I've been developing and perfecting my process since I picked up a camera.

I created this video to show my retouching process from start to finish. And because web compression can sometimes completely ruin the image, it's important to remember one thing - how it will look on a print!  Image can look plenty great on an iPhone, for example, and pretty terrible on a print!




Model: Robyn Esson
Make-up and Hair: Sarah-Jane Bastarache


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My first Black and White Darkroom. Test prints.

 Last couple of months I spent putting my darkroom together. And thanks to few kind people I was able to get all essential items. 

 Being "digital born" photographer I was thrilled about this entirely new experience, and last night/morning I finally MADE my first black and white prints.  

Here are samples of two test prints.  
I'm just blown away by what B&W film has to offer...





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Marathon photoshoot. Prologue.

 Somewhere in Downtown Moncton (NB, Canada!) two photographers, me (wedding and portrait photographer Sasha Onyshcheko) and portrait and fashion photographer Denis Duquette, meet:

Denis: "Hey, man!"
Me:  "How is it going, buddy?"
Denis: "So, how about we get together and shoot some models sometime?"
Me: - "Sounds good, I'm in!"

 We let few people know about what we want to do and over next month this casual session grew into massive marathon photoshoot with over 50 local people involved. It became a huge project with professional make up artists and hairstylists, professional and aspiring models, photographers and videographers for behind the scenes (BTS) coverage and all this crowd was hosted by Corkum Photographics studio.

The photoshoot was scheduled for April 10th. The plan was to photograph 30 models in one day. Due to some last minute cancelations we ended up with 27 models and it took us 18 hours to photograph them.

My fiance is posing during light check on setup night.

It was an artistic collaboration between everyone who was part of it.  Without realizing it, we created a perfect opportunity for expanding our creative boundaries, for experiments and for trying things outside of our comfort zone. Needless to say, that such project attracted lot's of talents from our home town.

Everyone was working tirelessly from 6am until past the midnight with one reason - for the sake of their craft!

This post is just an introduction. You didn't really think that I would post pictures here, did you?! haha....

Meanwhile here is our video teaser of BTS:


Special thanks to Denis for putting this video together! Great Job, buddy! 

And check out Dan MacDonald's blog for BTS photos. 

 There is a lot more at works right now: interviews with photographers, closer look BTS, what lighting we used, how we did, and of course images! 
   So, check back for updates! 

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